dead end

And there you sit -
contemplating a word,
the other one wrote
that you read,
that they - 
had the courage
to throw 
into the ring

the choice to take 
one’s own; 

many times
that thought 
arrived 
in your own time,
it came and went
turned around 
it came and went
lingering 
cajoling
ever present

what then?
the world abruptly left,
those behind falling
into ruins 
never to be peaced back
together again. 

fullstop. 
all for a dead end.

what a waste 
those full stops are,
when saved to 
crown an eye;

freedom;
the choice always given, 

is always yours to take,
never theirs - 

but what a waste 
those full stops are,
when saved to 
crown an eye





Candide Diderot. ‘24 

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024



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Date: 3/10/2024 4:56:00 PM
ye, ty dolla $ign - good (don’t die) (alternative intro, extended)
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Date: 3/10/2024 4:56:00 PM
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